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LC000707 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Casimiro, Donovan, Noret, Vella-Wilkinson, Fellela, | |
Date Introduced: January 25, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. The title of Chapter 16-21.7 of the General Laws entitled "The Nathan Bruno |
2 | and Jason Flatt Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | CHAPTER 16-21.7 |
4 | The Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act |
5 | CHAPTER 16-21.7 |
6 | THE NATHAN BRUNO, JASON FLATT, AND ALICIA BIROS BEREAVEMENT ACT |
7 | SECTION 2. Chapter 16-21.7 of the General Laws entitled "The Nathan Bruno and Jason |
8 | Flatt Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
9 | 16-21.7-5. Flexible schools schedule to be implemented upon death of student or |
10 | educator. |
11 | In the event of a tragic death of an educator or a student within a local educational agency |
12 | (LEA), the LEAs shall be given up to five (5) days after the death to implement a flexible school |
13 | schedule for teachers and students. Within that time, an LEA crisis team shall determine the proper |
14 | need of those days, which may include, but is not limited to, attending funerals, training staff to |
15 | support grieving students, days of mourning, and staff working directly with the students that have |
16 | been affected by the death. Schools shall not be required to make up the grief days at the end of the |
17 | school year. |
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1 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT | |
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1 | This act would provide that in the event of the death of an educator or a student, a local |
2 | educational agency would be given up to five (5) days after the death to implement a flexible school |
3 | schedule for teachers and students. This act would also amend the title of chapter 16-21.7 to "The |
4 | Nathan Bruno, Jason Flatt, and Alicia Biros Bereavement Act." |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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